[ BEST TOKYO DESIGN ]
winner : Komachi Wataru [ HAVE A NICE DAY FOREVER ] |
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| BEST TOKYO DESIGN is the best award in DesignTide, which is given to a designer (group) by the advisory board members. The winner will be featured in the DesignTide Archive, which will be published next spring. |
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[ HAVE A NICE DAY FOREVER ] has an appeal because of his cynical and humorous message, which is combined with the traditional techniques or a shape already existing. His pieces tell us that 'Design' means not only creating new shapes or developing new material or technology, and this will be the essence of the next Design.
by Masaki Yokokawa, chief of the advisory board |
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[ BEST INSTALLATION supported by ICON ]
winner : Fresh Touch
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ICON is the leading Design & Architecture magazine in Europe. The editor from the ICON chooses the most exciting and unique installation. The winner is given a full-color page in ICON magazine.
Marcus Fairs, editor, icon magazine
http://www.icon-magazine.co.uk |
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I thought this was a wonderful installation that was surprising, highly creative and very sensual. The disciplines of food and design are increasingly merging these days and Fresh Touch indicated how chefs and designers can work together to create experiences that touch all the senses.
It was also great fun as a member of the audience to become an integral part of the performance at the opening event. Fresh Touch was far and away the obivous winner of icon magazine's best installation award at Tokyo DesignTide 2005.
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[ BEST ECO DESIGN supported by ap-bank ]
winner : Jean-Marie Massaud [ Human Nature project ] |
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ap bank is the organization, which is run by investments from artists who can take his/her own responsibility. The aim is to finance several projects concerning natural energy, saving energy and the environment. BEST ECO DESIGN is given to an ECO conscious design, which has a potential for continuous future. ap bank is going to introduce the winner within their projects, and support it by several ways.
http://www.apbank.jp |
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The powerful and a big scale exhibition,
which is following Jean-Marie Massaud's theme 'coexistence of architecture and the nature', and process of his works.
We've seen one of his exhibition, 'the green colony' which is inspired by Japanese garden and really agree with his attitude that he is always creating with a sense of mission that we should think more deeply the relations between human beings and the nature, which is fading from our daily life or the bussiness activities. |
We have chosen 2 more designers / project, besides the winner of 'BEST ECO DESIGN', because we also appreciate their design.
PIET HEIN EEKL, Retired Weapons
We would like to keep collaborating with designers we've chosen this time in the future.
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